Your Montreal Canadiens got slammed last night, tabarnac

Look, you don't need me to tell you it was ugly. If you went to bed early after that first period, good for you. The Carolina Hurricanes walked into the Bell Centre and just… took over. Four-zero, a complete shutout, and it felt even worse than that score. The Montreal Canadiens, en fait, got outshot 44 to 18. *Dix-huit* shots. Against 44! It's an embarrassment, especially at home, right under the Bell Tower where hockey is supposed to be *serious*.

What happened? Well, the Hurricanes decided to score all their goals when we were still tying our skates, it felt like. Sebastian Aho got a power play goal in the first, then Jordan Staal just a minute later. And then, *bam*, Logan Stankoven, a rookie, gets one before the period even ends. Three goals in the first, that's it. Andrei Svechnikov added another in the third, just to rub it in, you know? Sam Montembeault, c'était pas sa meilleure soirée, but with that defense, what can he do? Where was the pushback? Where was the *fire*?

We're still sitting third in the Atlantic, 48-24-10, with 106 points. The good news is, our playoff spot is secured, and we've been on a 7-3-0 run before this, so one bad game won't kill us. But it's about momentum, non? With the playoffs coming, you can't have nights like this. The mood in Montreal this morning? People are probably washing down their St-Viateur bagels with a strong coffee, trying to forget. We need to regroup, and vite.

Allez Les Canadiens — Go Habs Go. This is Amélie Boisvert.

My buddy Pascal and the gang are breaking down this mess right now – catch their take live at mornings.live.